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Morning Edition, with Cathy Wurzer in St. Paul and NPR hosts in Washington and Los Angeles, brings you all the news from overnight and the information you need to start your day. Listen from 4 to 9 a.m. every weekday.

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Mpls. superintendent pick Paez knew of Mass. school abuse allegations

Mpls. superintendent pick Paez knew of Mass. school abuse allegations

A report out this week details extensive claims of physical abuse at a school in Holyoke, Mass., the district incoming Minneapolis Public Schools Superintendent Sergio Paez led for two years.
by Matt Sepic

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Twin Cities fifth-graders ask: Shall we dance?

Twin Cities fifth-graders ask: Shall we dance?

Touching someone of the opposite sex is typically a squeamish affair for 10-year-olds, but not for a group of Twin Cities fifth-graders who've learned ballroom dancing.
by Cathy Wurzer

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Environment group pans MN water-quality program

Environment group pans MN water-quality program

The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy said a program to improve farm runoff is ineffective in removing nitrates, in part because it's voluntary.
by Mark Steil

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Ramsey Lewis to play holiday classics at the Dakota

Ramsey Lewis to play holiday classics at the Dakota

Lewis has won three Grammys and in 2007 earned a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award.

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Franken says mental health, counseling key parts of new education law

Franken says mental health, counseling key parts of new education law

President Obama is expected to sign a bill today that replaces the controversial No Child Left Behind legislation.

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Art Hounds: A look at Christmas during WWII

Art Hounds: A look at Christmas during WWII

This week on Art Hounds: "Christmas in the Airwaves," fiber art in Hutchinson and "Manhattan Nutcracker."
by Marianne Combs

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Minneapolis plans to accelerate police-community training

Minneapolis leaders announced plans to speed the pace of police training under a federal effort launched months before the police shooting death of Jamar Clark.
by Brandt Williams

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Transgender actress in Lou Reed song dies

Holly Woodlawn passed away Sunday in Los Angeles at the age of 69. She had been battling cancer.

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Kaler relieved report shows no culture of sex harassment in athletics dept.

Kaler relieved report shows no culture of sex harassment in athletics dept.

External investigators are recommending several policy changes for the University of Minnesota athletics department to prevent future sexual harassment.

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Coleman, mayors address Mississippi River issues at Paris climate talks

Coleman, mayors address Mississippi River issues at Paris climate talks

Members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative traveled to the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in France to learn how other river communities are addressing the challenges of water quality and climate change.
by Mark Steil

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